• » I didn’t think Bike Snob NYC had a sentimental bone in his body, but Sheldon Brown always did bring out the good in people. Naz Hamid (Half Acre) has a graphical tribute on his blog, one of thousands of tributes available on the Web, most along the lines of “I owe my bike to Sheldon Brown.”

• » The Rivendell Reader had a long interview with Brown in 2001. Interesting fact: His wife’s first words to him were, “Oh, you’re riding fixed-gear!”* And here is Brown’s last post to Bike Forums, one of 2,302 he made over the past six years, in which within 30 minutes of it being asked he answers a question about threading an obscure freewheel. Cycling this week lost a giant.

• » Looking for new trainer fodder? Netflix not keeping up with your insane base mileage? Cyclofile has cyclocross DVDs on sale. (Thanks, Keith.)

• » This summer’s Bike the Drive will be a part of the American Diabetes Asosciation’s Tour de Cure, and Geneva will host a fundraising ride on June 7.

• » Oh, Magnus!

• » Blush. (Some people will say anything for a link.)
  

* Uninteresting fact: My first words to my girlfriend were, “Are those carbon wheels?”